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Pistorius cross-examined in murder trial

Wednesday, April 16 2014 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Oscar Pistorius continued to be cross-examined about his version of events on the night he shot his then girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, as his murder trial continued on day 23 at the Pretoria Supreme Court on Tuesday (15th April).

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE (English) Gerrie Nel, Prosecutor

    "And then you carry on: 'Where the toilet is, I felt...' and then, but further on you felt vulnerable, line 20. 'I felt trapped as my bedroom door was locked and I had limited mobility on my stumps. I fired shots at the toilet door.' What was the movement?"

    UPSOUND (English) Oscar Pistorius:

    "It was the sound of, I think, the magazine rack moving inside of the toilet, my lady."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Gerrie Nel, Prosecutor:

    "You see, you say it's a sound, the movement is a sound. You describe it as a sound."

    UPSOUND (English) Oscar Pistorius:

    "That's correct my lady."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Gerrie Nel, Prosecutor:

    "I'm putting it to you sir that it's again tailoring, movement there clearly indicates something different to what you testify."

    UPSOUND (English) Oscar Pistorius:

    "Movement is more specific than just a noise, my lady. If I said I heard a noise, it would be open to interpretation. Was it a voice? Was it movement? What I said there is I heard a movement inside the toilet."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Gerrie Nel, Prosecutor:

    "So at the bail application when you said movement you referred to the magazine rack moving."

    UPSOUND (English) Oscar Pistorius:

    "What I think might have been the magazine rack moving, my lady."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Gerrie Nel, Prosecutor:

    "Well, then, sir, unfortunately this now opens it up for me to say, why would you fire if the magazine rack moved? Because it has nothing to do with the door."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Gerrie Nel, Prosecutor:

    "You are thinking of a version constantly and you are not dealing with the question. You are constantly thinking of a version."

    UPSOUND (English) Oscar Pistorius:

    "That's not true, my lady."

    Mid of audience.

    SOUNDBITE (English) Gerrie Nel, Prosecutor:

    "You go back to the bathroom, were you screaming?"

    UPSOUND (English) Oscar Pistorius:

    "I was crying out for the Lord to help me and I was screaming out for Reeva, my lady."

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